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“Is there no one will take up this priceless thing and say, here is a nation, with such a soul; with such talents; with these failings and this native worth?” The Game of Kings
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    DunNETt Lecture 3

    David Heffernan

    Forging the Triangular Alliance: The O’Connors, the MacDonalds and Franco-Scottish politics, c. 1540-1560

    Dr Heffernan is a historian of Tudor and Stuart Ireland. He has published numerous books and many articles, including work exploring the intersections between the politics of Ireland, England and Scotland in the middle of the sixteenth century, events which significantly informed Dorothy Dunnett’s work in Queens’ Play.

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    Author: David Heffernan
    Website Publication Date: 10th August 2026
    Theme: History
    Publication Type: Talk
    Medium: Video
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